Peter Paul Lefevère

Peter Paul Lefevère (Lefebre) (born April 29, 1804 in Roeselare , Belgium , † March 4, 1869 in Detroit ) was a Belgian bishop in the United States .

Lefevère was the son of Charles and Albertine Lefevère. He was initially trained at the small seminary in Roeselare , which was closed in 1825 by Wilhelm I. Then he went to the seminary of the Lazarists in Paris. In 1828 he went to the United States and graduated from The Barrens in Perryville , Missouri .

Joseph Rosati ordained Lefevère on November 30, 1831 as a priest. He served as a missionary in New Madrid and Salt River Township . Gregory XVI. appointed him on June 23, 1841 coadjutor bishop of Detroit and titular bishop of Zela . He then returned to the United States and was ordained bishop on November 21, 1841 in the Saint John Pro Cathedral in Philadelphia by Francis Patrick Kenrick , Coadjutor Bishop of Philadelphia. Co- consecrators were John England , Bishop of Charleston , and John Joseph Hughes , Coadjutor Bishop of New York .

Since the Bishop of Detroit, Friedrich Reese , was unable to take charge of the diocese due to depression , Lefevère led it. When he arrived in Detroit, the diocese spanned all of Michigan . Today these are the states of Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin and Michigan . In 1843 he gave part of the diocese to the Diocese of Milwaukee and in 1853 to the Vicariate Apostolic Upper Michigan . Even so, the number of priests rose from 18 to 88. He founded the St. Thomas Seminary. Together with Martin Spalding from Louisville , he founded the American College in Leuven . He built the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Detroit, where he was also buried. Since Reese survived him, he did not become Bishop of Detroit himself.

Web links

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Entry on Peter Paul Lefevère on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Atzert, EP (1967). New Catholic Encyclopedia . VIII . New York: McGraw Hill. P. 604
^ Richard Henry Clarke: Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States . P. O'Shea, 1872 ( google.com [accessed June 24, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Lefevère, Peter Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lefevere, Peter Paul; Lefebre, Peter Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian Catholic priest, bishop in the United States
DATE OF BIRTH	April 29, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Roeselare , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH	March 4, 1869
Place of death	Detroit

[1] Atzert, EP (1967). New Catholic Encyclopedia . VIII . New York: McGraw Hill. P. 604

[2] Richard Henry Clarke: Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States . P. O'Shea, 1872 ( google.com [accessed June 24, 2020]).